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J. SHEEI-IAN 8: J. O. KLEEMANN.

WINDOW GUARD.

No 394,020. Patented Dec. 4, 1888.

IJV'V' TOR r %h@ I I ttorneyd WITNESSES.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SHEEHAN AND J OHN O. KLEEMANN, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

WINDOW-GUARD.

SQECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,020, dated December4, 1888.

Application filed May 7, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN SHEEHAN and J OHN O. KLEEMANN, both residentsof New York, in the county of New York an d State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vindow-Guards; an d wedo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to window-guards.

The object of this invention is to improve a window-guard for whichLetters Patent of the United States were granted June 7, 1887, No.364,551, by constructing the same so as to render it more easy ofmanipulation and to enable it to be locked securely in place whenclosed.

With these objects in view the invention consists in a foldingwindow-guard; furthermore, in the combination and operation of thevarious parts whereby its objects are attained.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and inwhich like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1is a perspective view of the guard, showing the same swung out intoposition. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the same closed up; and Fig. 3 is adetail view of one of the uprights 011 which the guard is pivoted.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the central frame of thewindow-guard,which is constructed in substantially the same manner asthat in the patent above referred to. At points respectively near thetop and bottom of the sides a are pivoted arms a the inner ends of whichare provided with longitudinal slots (5 designed for the reception ofbolts 1), by means of which they are secured to the uprights B on thewindow-frame. Thus it will be seen that the guard may be swung out whendesired, as shown in Fig. 1; but it is necessary to secure the guard inplace when closed up, as shown in Fig. 2. To accomplish this result, theuprights B have a number of stops or catches, C, secured to them, thecenter portion of which are cutout to form recesses c, in which pins aon the sides a fit. The rear portion of these stops is made longer thanthe front portion, in order to prevent the guard from being drawn in farenough to break the window-panes. \Vhen it is desired to close the guardup, it is only necessary, after having closed it, to lift the centerframe up until the pins a can drop into the recesses 0, thereby holdingthe guard securely in place, the slots (1 permitting the arms to movelongitudinally downward upon the bolt 1), when the pins a drop into therecesses 0. After it has been closed it may be locked by turning down alatch or keeper, D, on the uprights. Thus it will be seen that this willprevent the possibility of children opening the guard or of the samebecoming opened, as from the vibration imparted to it from the force ofthe wind. The upper pair of arms, a, is made longer than the lower ones,in order to allow the guard to swing out more at the top than at thebottom in order to facilitate the cleaning of the windows, the slots ain the upper pair of arms being longer than those in the lower pair tocompensate for the difference in length of the two pairs of arms as theguard is being opened or closed and also when being placed in its closedposition.

Having thus fully described our invention, what We claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a window-guard, the combination,with the uprights to be secured inthe window-casing, of a recessed stop or catch at the top of eachupright, a pin at the bottom of each upright, and a recessed catch and apin near the middle of each upright, of two slotted arms pivotallysecured at the inner ends to each of the uprights, and a verticalcentral frame secured to the outer ends of the arms, and pins projectingfrom each end of the frame, substantially as set forth.

2. In a window-guard, the co1nbi11ation,witl1 the uprights to be securedto the sides of the window-casing, of a recessed catch at the upper endof each upright, the rear portion of each catch being higher than thefront portion, a keeper pivotally secured to each upright above eachcatch, the lower ends of the keepers engaging with the higher portion ofthe catches, two arms pivotally secured to arm, and a central framesecured to the outer ends of the arms, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own We have hereuntoaffixed our signa- 15 tures in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN SHEEHAN. JOHN O. KLEEMANN.

Witnesses:

ADOLPH J AEGER, GERsoN GOLDSTEIN.

